The diagram illustrates how gold sales in Dubai changed from January to December 2002.
Overall, the figure fluctuated widely before returning to its original level at the end of the year.
Besides, gold sales were at their highest in March, while the weakest figures could be observed in July and September.
In January the figure stood at 200 million (200m) dirhams and rose slightly to reach about 225m in February. This was followed by another increase, although much steeper, in March, when sales hit 350m. However, this upward trend was suddenly broken, and sales declined dramatically over the next 4 months to reach a little over 100m in July. August sales saw a significant rise back to January levels, as the figure nearly doubled, but it dropped again in September to the same level as it was in July. There was a small increase of about 100m dirhams in October, after which the figure levelled off and remained relatively unchanged over the last two months of 2002.
